Suntop Lookout (also Sun Top) is located on Suntop Mountain in

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in central

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is at an elevation of about overlooking the valleys of the White River and Huckleberry Creek just to the north of

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. Built to standard

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plans, the one-story ground-level lookout measures fourteen by fourteen feet. The frame structure is capped by a pyramidal roof, and features large windows on all four sides with pivoting shutters that act as sunshades. The Suntop lookout was built in either 1932 or 1933 to standard plans for an "L-4 Lookout House." It is one of two intact lookouts from the period in the former Snoqualmie National Forest. The lookout was used during

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in the U.S. Army Aircraft Warning System. It is open to the public in summer months. The lookout was listed on the

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on July 14, 1987.

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universe, SCP-3333, is primarily set at Suntop Lookout.

References

External links

Sun Top Lookout
at Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Suntop Lookout
at National Geographic Traveler
Suntop Lookout
at the

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, 35 images, 17 data pages, 4 photo caption pages {{National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Pierce County, Washington Government buildings completed in 1933 Towers completed in 1933 Buildings and structures in Pierce County, Washington Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)